CASE: BLÖDNINGSCHOCK
Patienten på bilden har kritiska skador och stora inre blödningar efter en trafikolycka. Han kastades ur sin bil och klämdes fast mellan bilens tak och marken. Han var fastklämd i några minuter innan...
View ArticleDENGUE
In a recent issue of annals of emergency medicine a french group in Martinique has reviewed the symtoms of patients with dengue fever on arrival to the ED. It seems to be endemic over there so the...
View ArticleIT IS ALWAYS THE QUIET ONES
One warm summer night here in Norway, we responded to a fire on a day-cruiser anchored just 20 metres from shore. The five people on board had a wild party going on, when a petrol stove tipped over and...
View ArticleCODE BROWN: TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX
We were in the ICU working on a intubated septic patient and had just managed to stabilize his hemodynamics. Then one of the nurses noticed how the tidal volumes on the ventilator were decreasing....
View ArticleCODE BROWN: PERICARDIOCENTESIS
This summer a patient was admitted to our mid-tier hospital semi-unconcious with severe hypotension and tachycardia. He had a massive history of heart disease and had been complaining of recurring...
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